Car Radio

STORY OF SONG

This song has no chorus. It details the true story when Tyler Joseph was late for a class in college and forgot to lock his car door. When he returned he found that thieves had stolen his GPS, radio and CD’s. At the time, Joseph couldn’t afford to replace anything that was taken. In an interview with Rock Sound, he said: “When I get in the car my first reaction is to put the radio on and for a while I wasn’t able to do that and finding out that once I removed that piece of me I realized that sometimes music can act as a distraction and can get in the way of where your mind wants to go.”

Self-released: July 8, 2011
Release Date: March 18, 2014

Songwriter/s: Tyler Joseph

Label: Fueled by Ramen

Chart Rankings: In the US, the song peaked at number 15 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 charts and reached number 28 on the Alternative songs. It also peaked at number 20 on the US Hot Songs and at number 21 on the Rock Digital songs. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it Platinum for sales over 1 million copies. It never entered any other charts.

Artist’s age on Release Date: Twenty One Pilots duo were active for 5 years when they released this song.

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Car Radio

This song has no chorus. It details the true story when Tyler Joseph was late for a class in college and forgot to lock his car door. When he returned he found that thieves had stolen his GPS, radio and CD’s. At the time, Joseph couldn’t afford to replace anything that was taken. In an interview with Rock Sound, he said: “When I get in the car my first reaction is to put the radio on and for a while I wasn’t able to do that and finding out that once I removed that piece of me I realized that sometimes music can act as a distraction and can get in the way of where your mind wants to go.”

Self-released: July 8, 2011
Release Date: March 18, 2014

Songwriter/s: Tyler Joseph

Label: Fueled by Ramen

Chart Rankings: In the US, the song peaked at number 15 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 charts and reached number 28 on the Alternative songs. It also peaked at number 20 on the US Hot Songs and at number 21 on the Rock Digital songs. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it Platinum for sales over 1 million copies. It never entered any other charts.

Artist’s age on Release Date: Twenty One Pilots duo were active for 5 years when they released this song.

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